Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods to Incentivize Conservation of Sierre Leone's Yawri Bay Key Biodiversity Area

Grantee Name: Muloma Womens' Development Association

Hotspot: Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location: Sierra Leone
Amount: $24,775
Dates: Aug 2021 – Apr 2022
Keywords: Livelihoods, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Employment

Strengthen the conservation of the Yawri Bay Key Biodiversity Area through the development of sustainable income-generating activities based on apiculture benefiting four communities in Bumpeh chiefdom, Sierra Leone.

Strategic Direction :

1 Empower local communities to engage in sustainable management of 40 priority sites and consolidate ecological connectivity at the landscape scale